I didn't know there were that many versions of Pet Sounds. I'm a fairly big fan of the Boys Pet Sounds and onward, with or without Brian. I have the Smiley Smile/Wild Honey and Friends/20/20 remastered 2 for 1 CDs, and I plan to buy the Sunflower/Surf's Up remaster as well.

I have a question. I downloaded a copy of what I thought was SMiLE (2004) that has a version of "Surf's Up" that I love, but it doesn't seem to be from an official release that I can find, since it clocks in at 5:15 minutes. Does anyone know where this came from?

I have a question. I downloaded a copy of what I thought was SMiLE (2004) that has a version of "Surf's Up" that I love, but it doesn't seem to be from an official release that I can find, since it clocks in at 5:15 minutes. Does anyone know where this came from?

For what its worth: I have three version of SMiLE:

-A 1992 bootleg on the Vigotone label,-The 2004 version of SMiLE with re-recorded parts, which is credited to Brian Wilson and not The Beach Boys,-The official 2011 2- or 5-disc "SMiLE Sessions" release, which consists entirely of original 60s Beach Boys recordings.

The versions of Surf's Up on the official 2004 and 2011 releases are both a little over 4 minutes. The version that appears on the 1992 Vigotone bootleg runs 5:15. So what you have is probably a bootlegged version. (Either the Vigotone bootleg, or another bootleg - I understand there were many.)

Interestingly, that bootleg has a 3:33 version of Good Vibrations that I prefer over any of the versions found on the 2011 box set - even though an entire disc of that set is devoted to different takes of the song!